Hakko FX951-66, T15-D16 Soldering Station with T15-D16, 1.6 mm Chisel Tip, Blue

I absolutely love this. What an amazing tool this is. Near instant heat, consistent temperature. Not sure how I managed to solder for so many years without discovering Hakko.

An excellent soldering station that takes about 15 seconds to heat, not 15 minutes, unlike your old RadioShack fire starter pencil iron. The interface for change the temperature is a little weird, as it requires you to insert a key card, but I dont change the temperature much and I suppose that keeps you from accidentally changing it. One of the things I love about this station is the wide variety of tips that are available for it. Between the very light, maneuverable hand pieces and a bent, fine conical tip Ive found, this has made doing SMD work much easier.

If you do a lot of soldering, this is the way to go. The interface is garbage, just like most of hakkos stuff. The iron heats quick and does a great job.

I have purchased this station to replace a non-regulated Weller iron and it is a surprising experience for me. The Hakko iron is so quick and powerful and I like the sleep mode as well. The spare tip stand is a nice touch. At the beginning I wanted to get a Chinese copy of this station. I could get it more than 2 times cheaper than the original Hakko. Now I am glad I did not do that. I own a professional tool and I enjoy every minute working with it.

So far this soldering station is working very well. But I do recommend buying OEM soldering tips. Bought some cheap tips and three of them failed with less then three hours of use. I have 40+ hours on the tip that came with the station and have had no problems.

Great. Heats up super fast and stays hot. Annoyingly ships in Fahrenheit but easy to change. They controls are a little clunky but they don’t need to be great.

Very good soldering station. Complete set. Ready to use. Original Hakko product (made in Japan).

Top of line unit for sure

Worth every penny, upgraded from cheap 15 buck irons. Thought i got a dud at first, and after investigating and prodding. Checking wires and some visual inspection- it takes a lot of force to get the rod/element properly seated. It gave the SE error. You really have to push it in until theres a sharp click. Controls are a bit finky and cumbersome. However it heats up wicked fast from sleep mode, faster than you can pick the pen up and get ready to use it, tip also stays pretty dang clean and doesnt foul up fast like your typical 15 buck iron. Job wise, its amazing for your basic stuff, and smds. So far its only been defeated trying to desolder a humbucker pickup case apart. Just cant apply enough heat which is where my junky 15 buck ones come in but eveb then they barely could move the huge blob of solder congealed to cheap chrome/nickel plated zinic/brass. Wish i had this thing for a lot of previous projects, wouldve been more successful.

Great product, works well. was shipped in a timely manner.